This site has gone through a lot of versions, and every iteration taught me something new about development, design, hosting, and the craft of building for the web.
Shared hosting and first launch
The WordPress site started on a shared hosting account, and it didn't take long to outgrow it. Load times were slow, and getting updates live was more of a hassle than it needed to be — tweaking something small still meant wading through a process that felt heavier than it should. Moving to a dedicated, self-managed server fixed both problems. With full control over the environment, the site got faster and deploying changes became a lot more straightforward. It's the kind of setup that actually gets out of your way and lets you focus on the work.
Building this website has been a comprehensive, hands-on education in modern web development - spanning the full front-end stack, from languages and frameworks to design tooling and deployment.